Safety attachment for pocketbooks



` May 22, 1934. A, R. MARTlN 1,959,727

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Patented May 22, 1934 lJNirso STATES 1,959,727 SAFETY ATTACHMENT FORPOCKETBOOKS Allen R. Martin,

Santa Barbara, Calif., assignor of lone-fourth to Arthur Rett, SantaBarbara, Ca if.

Application January 25, 1933, Serial No. 653,509

2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in pocketbook holding devices andhas particular reference to a device for retaining a pocketbook orbillfold, or similar article within the pocket, in such a manner that itcannot be removed by an unauthorized person nor can it accidentally fallfrom the pocket.

The principal object of the invention is to produce a device which issimple in nature and one that is economical to manufacture.

A further object is to produce a device which is constructed ofrelatively thin material, and therefore one which will not take up anyappreciable amount of space within the pocket.

An additional object is to produce a device that permits the user toremove the billfold at any time without removing the holder.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of thefollowing description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and inwhich like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout thesame,

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my device, having a portion thereofbroken away,

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same, showing a portion of fabricengaged by the pin,

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional View on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary detail view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2,and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary detail View of the purse securingbutton.

Ordinarily a purse or billfold is loosely positioned within the pocket,with the result that the person may lose the purse from the pocket,without knowledge of the loss, or a person may have the purse removedfrom the pocket by a thief without knowledge. Applicant has, therefore,devised a simple receptacle or holder which is pinned Within the pocketand into which the purse is placed. Further applicant has provided meanswhereby the purse is held within the holder, from which it may only beremoved by a peculiar manipulation of a button attached to the purse andslidable in a tortuous groove formed in the holder.

In the accompanying drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration isshown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designatesthe holder as a whole, which holder is preferably formed of metal orsimilar fairly rigid material. To the rear of this holder is secured apin 6 having a point '7 and when in use held by a hook 8. A safety guard9 is attached to the holder 5 through the medium of a ball 11frictionally held in a socket 12, which socket is secured to the holder5. This guard has an end 13 which engages the hook 8 so that when theguard is in full line position of Fig. 4, the end of the pin 6 cannot beremoved from the hook 8. Of course it is obvious that any other form ofguard may be em-Y ployed without departing from'the spirit of theinvention.

The front of the holder is provided with a tortuous slot 14, which hasits upper end flared as shown at 16 and serves to slidably accommodate abutton 17. This button is threadedly positioned upon a stud 18 and heldthereto by a lock nut 19. The stud 18 has a head 21 which engages theinner surface of a purse 22. A threaded washer 23 is secured upon thestud 18 and engages the outer surface of the purse 22. At 24 I haveshown a sliding catch, the point 26 of which may be moved across theslot 14 at a point substantially where the slot diverges toward the openend 27 of the holder.

The result of this construction is that when the holder is pinned withinthe garment as shown in Fig. 3, a purse may be slipped into the holder 5which act will cause the stud 18 to be directed by the diverging portionof the slot into the tortuous portion of the slot, and then bymanipulating the button 17 back and forth, the button will be moved fromthe dotted line position of Fig. 1 to the full line position of theligure, at which time the purse will be fully encased within the holderand into the shape of the tortuous slot, and said purse cannot fall fromthe holder or be removed without notice to the user. As an added safetyfeature, if the user desires, the catch 24 may bev slid so that thepoint 26 thereof extends across the slot 14 after which it will beimpossible to remove the purse without rst actuating the catch. It willbe apparent that a thief could not accomplish all of these maneuverswithout attracting '19 the attention of the user, and it will also beapparent that the user can perform these various maneuvers in a simpleand rapid manner so that the device will not cause any delay in removingthe purse from the holder.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown anddescribed is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and thatvarious changes relative to the material, size, shape and arrangement ofparts may be resorted 1 to without departing from the spirit of theinvention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:-

1. In a device of the character described, a holder capable of receivinga purse therein, said slot formed in said holder and communicating withthe opened end thereof, the edges of said slot adjacent said open enddiverging, a catch sldably mounted on said holder and capable 0f havingits end projected across said slot, and a securing pin carried by theopposite side of said holder from said slot, a hook carried by saidholder and adapted to engage the end of said pin whereby said holder maybe positioned through the use of said pin.

ALLEN R. MARTIN.

